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Great blog with very current postings related to legal issues and special education shared by Amy Chayefsky.

A special education legal resource discussing case law, news, practical advocacy advice, and developments in state and federal laws, statutes and regulations. Postings include insight and sometimes humor from Charles P. Fox, a Chicago, Illinois attorney who is also a parent of a child with special needs, and other guest authors.

"classroom, special needs, summer, planning, podcasts, online journals"

Profile for Mechelle DeCraene-doing some fantastic work related to technology and special needs children.

Profile for Mechelle De Craene-special education teacher in Florida with lots of experience teaching children with special needs.

"special needs, students, technology, class, teachers, photography"

Just received an email from SchwabLearning.org about the transfer of all of their documents to greatschools.net. This has always been an invaluable resource for teachers and parents on topics related to special needs children.

New website location for SchwabLearning.org-excellent resources for special needs/special education. 400+ SchwabLearning.org articles are now available in their new home - the Learning Difficulties section on GreatSchools.net!

Special Needs Services - We are offering financial help for special needs children via the instruments of government benefit planning, insurance needs analysis planning, and comprehensive financial life term plans. Consult now.

It's Special Educational Needs Week on Teachers TV and we are showing your favourite SEN programmes. Differentiation in Action shows how you can differentiate tasks in the classroom to aid inclusion. The primary (Wednesday 4pm) episode looks at how puppets and text can be used to recognise speech in a KS1 class. The secondary (Tuesday 7.30pm) episode follows a history lesson where differentiation is used to great success and the pupils assess their own achievement as well as discussing which teaching styles they prefer and their preference for mixed achievement groupings. Also on this week is Being Different May be Cool, (Friday 7pm) an honest look at the challenges of dealing with children on the autistic spectrum through the lives of three autistic brothers and their mother.

Looks like some great shows on the Special Educational Needs Week programming this week-Teachers TV in the UK. This is an excellent site to bookmark and join their email list to be notified of new programs. Great videos for teachers.

Begin with ME! is a project that provides a rich environment full of resources and support that allows teachers and teacher consultants to work together, share ideas, and learn new ways to help all students, including those with special needs, become better writers. 1. When appropriate technology tools and strategies are integrated into instruction, all students, including those with special needs and those at risk for academic failure will become better writers.\n\n2. Given adequate training and support, teachers can comfortably integrate technology into their writing curriculum.\n\n3. Supporting struggling students in the general education classroom can be effective and easily replicated.

"For many -- not just those with special needs -- participating in an online course is very difficult without assistive technologies. Augmentive and alternative communication products can help students with disabilities. It is useful, however, to look at some assistive technologies as effective for learners who have specific learning preferences and who may benefit from being able to access content in more than one format. Take a look at the different assistive technologies that are available. You may be surprised how affordable they are, and how helpful they might be for you, especially with respect to keyboards, touchscreens, screen-readers (and "talking books"), and speech recognition. "

Excellent compilation of technology tools and links for assistive technology.